Essays about: "best type of wood"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words best type of wood.

  1. 1. Quantity and quality of oaks (Quercus) as suitable habitats for the longhorn beetle species Plagionotus detritus : An inventory study in Stockholm and Uppsala County, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Ida Widegren; [2023]
    Keywords : Plagionotus detritus; P. detritus; Cerambycidae; Cerambycinae; longhorn beetle; insects; habitat; oak; Quercus; conservation; ecology; endangered; threatened;

    Abstract : The longhorn beetle Plagionotus detritus is associated with newly dead oak wood and is declining throughout its distribution range. In Sweden, P.detritus has displayed one of the most dramatic reductions in distribution recorded for insect species and is near regional extinction. READ MORE

  3. 2. Economic and environmental optimization of deep energy renovation strategies for an office building in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för byggd miljö och energiteknik (BET)

    Author : Eva Sauterleute; [2022]
    Keywords : Life Cycle Analysis LCA ; Global warming potential GWP ; Life Cycle Costs LCC ; Building Energy Simulation; Building Energy Renovation; Insulation Materials; OneclickLCA; IDA ICE; Livscykelanalys LCA ; global uppvärmningspotential GWP ; livscykelkostnader LCC ; energisimulering av byggnader; energirenovering av byggnader; isoleringsmaterial; One Click LCA; IDA ICE;

    Abstract : Energy efficiency of the building sector is a key strategy to achieve national climate goals in Sweden and other European countries. In this thesis, several renovation scenarios for a case study office building in Sweden are analysed and compared based on their energy performance, environmental impacts, and economic costs from a life cycle perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. Performance of joints for glued laminated timber exposed to the ISO fire temperature curve

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Jesus Gil; [2021]
    Keywords : Glued laminated Timber; Structural fire engineering; Fire performance; standard ISO fire curve; Joints; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : As society becomes more ecologically conscious there is a push toward the use of materials with a smaller environmental burden, one of these materials is glulam (GLT), which has gained a lot of traction in recent years not only for ecological reasons but for its ease in manufacture, transport, noise dampening, etc. The focus of this project was to evaluate the influence of different joint configurations on the fire performance of glulam members. READ MORE

  5. 4. Groundwater flow modelling to address hydrogeological response of a contaminated site to remediation measures at Hjortsberga, southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Adam Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : PCP; Groundwater modelling; Permeable reactive barrier; Hjortsberga sawmill; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is a chlorinated aromatic compound that was commonly used for treatment of wood against microbial degradation before it got banned in the 1970s. Due to its solubility in water, PCP is a common groundwater contaminant around old sawmills, for example near Hjortsberga in southern Sweden where this study was performed.. READ MORE

  6. 5. Inverkan av trädslagsval och plantstorlek på tall- och granbestånds anläggningskostnad, skadeutveckling och tillväxt i norra Sveriges kust- och inland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Nils Södermark; [2020]
    Keywords : höjdtillväxt; klimatläge; kostnader; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; plantstorlek; produktion; skador; trädslagsval; överlevnad;

    Abstract : För att noggrant utreda vilka av dessa trädslag och plantstorlekar som är lämpliga för olika förhållanden, anlades ett planteringsförsök av Skogforsk i samarbete med Holmen. Försöket var etablerat på sex geografiskt skilda lokaler från Hudiksvall i söder till Norsjö i norr. READ MORE